Question

Now build a model of salt. Place your materials on a sheet of paper. The regular-size marshmallows can represent the larger chlorine atoms, and the mini marshmallows can represent the smaller sodium atoms. Connect the marshmallows with toothpicks using the picture as a guide. What was difficult about building the model?

Answer 1

Connecting marshmallows with toothpicks

Explanation:

• Connecting the marshmallows with toothpicks was difficult about building the model.

• To make a NaCl unit cell, the Salt Model is made up of three layers that can be stacked one on top of the other.
• If the layers are connected, the model can be used in two orientations.
• As indicated by the salt model, most simple inorganic compounds are made up of ions that alternate indefinitely rather than existing as discrete molecules in the solid form.
• The smaller sodium atoms could be represented by little marshmallows.